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ora Journal-Record
PART ONE
YOU SHOULD READ tttt JOURNAL-RECORD ^THE NEWSIEST NEWSPAPER IN CLAY COUNTY
VOLUME IX inn jovntraij, Vol bi. no. si
FLORA. ILUNOIS, THURSDAY. AUGUST 4, 1921
NUMBER 46
NILITARY FDRERAL OF CHARLES C. GRIMES
World War Hero, ifeld on Sunday,
JInly Slst, at Flora City Park
at S;80 P. M.
AMKRIC.\N LBGIOX IN CRAROE
On TjiurBd^y .eyeniing. July .2&, ' I'Sii, Mr. and Mrs. John Grimes, ,^ father and mother ot the hero, re- 'celved word that the remains ot their son Corp. Charles C. Grimes, of '"C" company. 111 Infantry, 28th division would arrive in Fiora on No. 1 Friday evening, but during the change at North Vernon, Ind.. the remains were delayed and did npt arrive in Flora until Saturday morning on No 3.
Immediately after receiving word Thursday preparations were made to do honor Ro the memory of the he¬ roic sacrifice in a manner worthy of tbe respect and love of the entire community for the dead soldier and his parents and a brother who was a '• comrade In arms with him during his heroic work, also another brother and two sisters and otber relatives.
From tbe members of Clay Coudty Post No. 14, from the Orand Army Post, from the Spanlsh-Amerlcah War comrades, from business and professional men, from City officials, from the B. of R. T. and farmers, churches and Sunday Schools aim from civic bodies from citizens In every walk ot llie came the most ' generous 'expreasiong of sympathy with the stricken parenlts and other relatives and the most marked evl- and honor for our heroic dead.
The remains reached Flora on Saturday meming and a guard of honor of the American Legion was waiting. The casket was at once escoilted by this guiird to the home of the parents in east Flora. Tbe guard remaining until Sunday mom¬ lng at 11:99 o'clock, wben the re¬ mains were escorted to the city ball, to lie In state from 11:30 to 1:30. The guard remained a/t the hall and hundreds of persons passed through the hall merely to get a view of the . casket draped In "Old Glory".
At 1:30 the funeral cortege was formed and the remains conveyed to the city park. Every inch ot seat¬ ing space In Ithe park was taken _, long before the ceremony began. '0»ly BUtielent teats for the immed
late relatives were reserved ¦"dreds were unable to be seated and remained standing during the cere¬ mony.
A brilllanit address extolling the heroism and exhorting to the loft¬ iest patriotism was delivered by the Rev. O. W. Zink, pastor of the First Chrtatian church. He was assisted by Rer. W. I. Terhune, pastor of the M B church.
The funeral was one of the lar- SeftjaatherlBgs of its kind ever held* In r9na. The crowd at Elmwood cemetery probably numbered 1,000. The pallbearers were all ex-soldlers, being Harlan D. Friend,f Glenn Ma¬ gill, John Cunningham, Ray Berry, J. I. Hornbuckle and Claude Tate.
The floral tributes were many and beautiful among ,the contributors being pretty pieces from the family. Clay County Post No. 14 American Legion, Flora Commercial Club. War Comrades and many others.
The ceremonies at ithe cemetery were in direct charge of the Ameri¬ can Legion. The Legion funeral rit¬ ual being followed. Lieut. Carl Mont¬ gomery, who was in charge of the e]t-serrice men, read, a short pas¬ sage, being followed by Todd W. Snyder, who acted as chaplain and proBQunced the last ' benediction over the remains of his comrade who fell bravely fighting In tire fields of France.
A firing squad composed of John O. Lauderbtfck. SergHi., Louis O. Lents, Wm. Johnson Ren Hin¬ man, Thornton Bowen, Percy Ho¬ gan, Tom McKlnney and Todd W. Snyder, fired a salute of three vol¬ leys, after which "taps" was sounded . by bugler Maurice C. Workman „JSer. .2ink offered a short prayer in
cioBing. •
¦;' The Flora and Xenia band' was at .tlie head ot the procession to the wnetery and made a very impree- stve showing, being their first time to take part in a military tqneral. Dr. N. W. Bowman i Post Command' er of Post No. 14 was in direct charge, leading the escort to and from the cemetery.
The detail in charge of the Post colors were: poior . Bearer, Ralph a. »Meyer sailor: Color Guards, Wm Dunnigan. sailor; Fred L. Sen¬ ters. soldier.
There were nearly one hundred husky ex-service men In the com¬ pany which was commanded by Lieut. Carl B. Montgomery., Thisy made a most imposing spectacle as they marched to and from the ceme¬ tery. It was a line display in honor of their "buddy" wbo had gone be¬ fore.
Private Norman Metcalf, of Bat. "F" 2nd Field Artillery, stationed at Camp Knox. Ky., the guard of honor sent by Uncle Sam. remained over for the ceremonies and returned oti No. 12 Sunday night. Pvt. Metcalfe -- having aKended several such cere¬ monies, said that the one conducted by the Flora Post of the American Legion was more impressive than any oth>r^hat he h^d ever attend¬ ed. '
OBITII^RV
Cbsrles S. Grime* was bom Feb 26. 1895. near Flore. He was the .second, son. nf John and Laqra
MniLER-STOO-SDUiL
t^HARLEH t'r.ORI.MEH
CARD OP THANKS
To those kind friends and neigh¬ bors, to the members of Clay Co. Post N

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wf^mm
ora Journal-Record
PART ONE
YOU SHOULD READ tttt JOURNAL-RECORD ^THE NEWSIEST NEWSPAPER IN CLAY COUNTY
VOLUME IX inn jovntraij, Vol bi. no. si
FLORA. ILUNOIS, THURSDAY. AUGUST 4, 1921
NUMBER 46
NILITARY FDRERAL OF CHARLES C. GRIMES
World War Hero, ifeld on Sunday,
JInly Slst, at Flora City Park
at S;80 P. M.
AMKRIC.\N LBGIOX IN CRAROE
On TjiurBd^y .eyeniing. July .2&, ' I'Sii, Mr. and Mrs. John Grimes, ,^ father and mother ot the hero, re- 'celved word that the remains ot their son Corp. Charles C. Grimes, of '"C" company. 111 Infantry, 28th division would arrive in Fiora on No. 1 Friday evening, but during the change at North Vernon, Ind.. the remains were delayed and did npt arrive in Flora until Saturday morning on No 3.
Immediately after receiving word Thursday preparations were made to do honor Ro the memory of the he¬ roic sacrifice in a manner worthy of tbe respect and love of the entire community for the dead soldier and his parents and a brother who was a '• comrade In arms with him during his heroic work, also another brother and two sisters and otber relatives.
From tbe members of Clay Coudty Post No. 14, from the Orand Army Post, from the Spanlsh-Amerlcah War comrades, from business and professional men, from City officials, from the B. of R. T. and farmers, churches and Sunday Schools aim from civic bodies from citizens In every walk ot llie came the most ' generous 'expreasiong of sympathy with the stricken parenlts and other relatives and the most marked evl- and honor for our heroic dead.
The remains reached Flora on Saturday meming and a guard of honor of the American Legion was waiting. The casket was at once escoilted by this guiird to the home of the parents in east Flora. Tbe guard remaining until Sunday mom¬ lng at 11:99 o'clock, wben the re¬ mains were escorted to the city ball, to lie In state from 11:30 to 1:30. The guard remained a/t the hall and hundreds of persons passed through the hall merely to get a view of the . casket draped In "Old Glory".
At 1:30 the funeral cortege was formed and the remains conveyed to the city park. Every inch ot seat¬ ing space In Ithe park was taken _, long before the ceremony began. '0»ly BUtielent teats for the immed
late relatives were reserved ¦"dreds were unable to be seated and remained standing during the cere¬ mony.
A brilllanit address extolling the heroism and exhorting to the loft¬ iest patriotism was delivered by the Rev. O. W. Zink, pastor of the First Chrtatian church. He was assisted by Rer. W. I. Terhune, pastor of the M B church.
The funeral was one of the lar- SeftjaatherlBgs of its kind ever held* In r9na. The crowd at Elmwood cemetery probably numbered 1,000. The pallbearers were all ex-soldlers, being Harlan D. Friend,f Glenn Ma¬ gill, John Cunningham, Ray Berry, J. I. Hornbuckle and Claude Tate.
The floral tributes were many and beautiful among ,the contributors being pretty pieces from the family. Clay County Post No. 14 American Legion, Flora Commercial Club. War Comrades and many others.
The ceremonies at ithe cemetery were in direct charge of the Ameri¬ can Legion. The Legion funeral rit¬ ual being followed. Lieut. Carl Mont¬ gomery, who was in charge of the e]t-serrice men, read, a short pas¬ sage, being followed by Todd W. Snyder, who acted as chaplain and proBQunced the last ' benediction over the remains of his comrade who fell bravely fighting In tire fields of France.
A firing squad composed of John O. Lauderbtfck. SergHi., Louis O. Lents, Wm. Johnson Ren Hin¬ man, Thornton Bowen, Percy Ho¬ gan, Tom McKlnney and Todd W. Snyder, fired a salute of three vol¬ leys, after which "taps" was sounded . by bugler Maurice C. Workman „JSer. .2ink offered a short prayer in
cioBing. •
¦;' The Flora and Xenia band' was at .tlie head ot the procession to the wnetery and made a very impree- stve showing, being their first time to take part in a military tqneral. Dr. N. W. Bowman i Post Command' er of Post No. 14 was in direct charge, leading the escort to and from the cemetery.
The detail in charge of the Post colors were: poior . Bearer, Ralph a. »Meyer sailor: Color Guards, Wm Dunnigan. sailor; Fred L. Sen¬ ters. soldier.
There were nearly one hundred husky ex-service men In the com¬ pany which was commanded by Lieut. Carl B. Montgomery., Thisy made a most imposing spectacle as they marched to and from the ceme¬ tery. It was a line display in honor of their "buddy" wbo had gone be¬ fore.
Private Norman Metcalf, of Bat. "F" 2nd Field Artillery, stationed at Camp Knox. Ky., the guard of honor sent by Uncle Sam. remained over for the ceremonies and returned oti No. 12 Sunday night. Pvt. Metcalfe -- having aKended several such cere¬ monies, said that the one conducted by the Flora Post of the American Legion was more impressive than any oth>r^hat he h^d ever attend¬ ed. '
OBITII^RV
Cbsrles S. Grime* was bom Feb 26. 1895. near Flore. He was the .second, son. nf John and Laqra
MniLER-STOO-SDUiL
t^HARLEH t'r.ORI.MEH
CARD OP THANKS
To those kind friends and neigh¬ bors, to the members of Clay Co. Post N